Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Testing with a pulley




"I have used one of those things that goes up and up to move rocks." -Jax

Over the course of the past few weeks, we have heard conversations regarding elevators and ziplines. We set out materials including string, rope, thread spools, hanger, and spinning items. Along with the friends, we created a pulley. While we were continuing to experience these items, Peter said, "Can we use this in the sandbox?" That's exactly what we did.






We wanted to test water and we worked together to fill a bucket!!

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Response to observation

While friends were experiencing the chewy goo, there were many comments about how it melts and comes back together. We decided to try an experiment melting crayons. 
But before that, a little spontaneous math occurred when we analyzed and sorted the crayons we had.




"It became a rainbow pond."



We went back to check on it and it got hard.

Chewy goo

It stretches.
What is this stuff?
It drips.

It can make spider webs.

It bounces.

So many different properties.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

One idea about the pumpkin- roast the seeds.


A pumpkin from the garden!!

Washing the seeds.

I hear psss.

Roasted pumpkin seeds. "There a little salty." - Peter